Cyptendoceras magnus Cullison 1944 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae

Full reference: J. S. Cullison. 1944. The stratigraphy of some Lower Ordovician formations of the Ozark uplift. University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Technical Series Bulletin 15(2):1-112

Belongs to Cyptendoceras according to J. S. Cullison 1944

Sister taxa: Cyptendoceras floridaense, Cyptendoceras kirki, Cyptendoceras rhythmicum, Cyptendoceras richardsoni, Cyptendoceras ruedemanni, Cyptendoceras whitfieldi

Type specimen: Its type locality is M. S. M. 75.28. Highway 25 down to Crystal City Glass Workers Country Club., which is in a Cassinian carbonate dolomite/chert in the Cotter Formation of Missouri.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at M. S. M. 75.28. Highway 25 down to Crystal City Glass Workers Country Club.

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